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...designated hitter rule in the series makes a lot of sense. Did Dan Quayle become the new commissioner of baseball...
...wisdom of this rule was proved again last month when my roommate offered me an extra ticket for a Saturday afternoon game in Yankee Stadium. I went, and Jim Abbott tossed a no-hitter. Go figure...
Anyone who knew baseball, however, knew the Dodgers had no chance. The A's had "The Bash Brothers"--hulking sluggers Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. The Dodgers had Franklin Stubbs (currently playing in Pawtucket) at first base and Mickey Hatcher, a mediocre hitter who made a career as utility player, batting third...
That October, I was excited. It was going to be our year at last. We had the best pitcher on the planet, the best pure hitter of this generation, and Big Lou lunching on a dog in the box. How could we lose...
...sport is beginning to wane. Some American sports fans complain that baseball is slow and boring. This generation of viewers prefers its news in five-second sound bites; in baseball, a pitcher may throw to first base a dozen times and a "good at-bat" can consist of a hitter fouling off ten pitches before putting the ball in play...